... S.AMUEL FRENCH, LIMITED, A CHAT WITH WENTWORTH HOGG. (By OUR SrE('IAL COMMISSIONER. Who is there in the profession ignorant of 89, Strand, and the plays that issue therefrom? What would the theatrical world be without Samuel French, Limited, with their marvellolls store and stock of plays? And as for the amateur Thespian-well, he simply could not exist without the printed book of the words, ...

... TIlE CHEMICAL CLEANING COMPANY I A CHAT WITH THOMAS HARRIS. (Ity ouR SRCrlAL (COMtI-StfONrRR.) This most useful institution or firm, the Chemical Cleaning Company, was started about twenty years ago, and MIr Thomas Harris, the head and front of all things connected therewith, has been *ighteen years in the service thereof. From small beginnings great things generally rise, if pluck and ...

... An extraordinary general meeting of the preference shareholders was held on the 9th inst. to confirm, or otherwise, resolutions in reference to the reconstruc- tion scheme formulated by the committee of inspection appointed on Dec. 8th last. Mr C. A. ANDERSON occupied the chair. The committee, in the scheme, proposed that the company should not go into liquidation, but that 8,000 of debenture ...

... THE LONDON THIEATR1ES. THE STANDARD. Mr J. WV. Tiirner is still drawing crowded houses to I the Stanvtsrd. anid night after night standing room only ht is thle lgcrlI at thle dloors. Tihe favourite tenor corn- E Htenced ott Monday with Aribetsm sparkling opera, Frat DIaror'ol, whivrli upholdsr thle. best tradiitions of French8 okera cotniqut-. 'The dashinig brigand , wh s ieheo is surrourtil' ...

... The directors of the Lyceum Theatre, Limited, have submitted to the shareholders their first annual report, with a statement of accounts for the period ending March 31st, 1900. The directors call attention to the fact that as the season commenced on April 15th, 1899, the receipts are only for eleven and a-half months, against thirteen months' outgoings, the company having taken possession of ...

... On the afternoon of the 20tb inst. the fourth ordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the (Granville Theatre of Varieties (Waiham -green), Limited, was held at that house of amusement, Mr HEuBERTCAzMPBELL,thechairman of directors. presiding. Supporting him upon the platform were Messre El. Joyner, Dan Leno, Fred Williams, G. E. S. Venner (directors), J. Sparrow, and A. J. Barclay. In ...

... In the renort and balance sheet to be submitted to the shareholders at the ordinary general meeting of the above company, at the Gaietv Theatre, ?? next, the directors state that, after writing off £8,738 0s. 101 for depreciation, the profit for the year amounts to £11,848 0X. 6d. ; this, with the amount brought forward from 1899, viz , £6,442 7a. Id., makes a total of £18,290 7s. 7d., out of ...

... The third ordinary general meeting of the share- n hollers of the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, Limited, was n held on Friday afternoon, Lord GEORIGE LOFTUS in the n chair. E The directors' report, which was published in last week's Era, was submitted, andw The CIIAISMAN, in opening the proceedings, ?? tV has undoubtedly been a bad year for theatrical business fs owing to causes over which none ...